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4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.8GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q2 2020.

24 Cores, 32 Threads @3.2GHz, Raptor Lake.
Release date: Q4 2023.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 27,576 user samples
15,293 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 69% Great: 89%
SPEED RANK: 262nd / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
12,283 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 137% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 5.65 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 125% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 125% Great: 137%
SPEED RANK: 4th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 131%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 130%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 174%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
79.7 % 131 % Much faster effective speed.
+64%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
77.3 Pts 83.6 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+8%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
137 Pts 239 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+74%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
257 Pts 475 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+85%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
443 Pts 946 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+114%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
662 Pts 1,822 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+175%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
87.6 Pts 94.7 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+8%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
147 Pts 250 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+70%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
289 Pts 495 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+71%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
500 Pts 961 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+92%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
748 Pts 1,911 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+155%
Market Share
Based on 69,053,330 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.91 % Insanely higher market share.
+9,000%
Value
Value For Money
96.1 % 116 % Better value.
+21%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
70 % 74 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Price
Price (score)
$141 Much cheaper.
+66%
$420
Age
Newest
54 Months 13 Months Much more recent.
+76%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+48%
125 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 24 cores Hugely higher core count.
+500%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads 32 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+300%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
7 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+30%
10 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.8 GHz Faster base frequency.
+19%
3.2 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.3 GHz 6 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+40%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
753 Pts 4,535 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+502%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
677 Pts 4,231 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+525%
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen2 Raptor Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM4 FCLGA1700
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None UHD 770

The 3300X is a 4-core Ryzen CPU. Priced at just $120 USD, it offers far better value to gamers than all the previous Ryzen CPUs. This is great news for potential buyers, but bad luck for gamers that recently spent nearly three times more on the 8-core 3700X. The reduction from eight to four cores results in more efficient caching and higher boost clocks. AMD’s marketing has abruptly broken from the firmly established “moar cores” mantra to a conveniently realistic: four cores are actually okay. Shifting goalposts this quickly reveals an unhealthy focus on first time buyers and a brazen disregard for existing customers. Sales tactics aside, unfortunately the 3300X remains constrained by architectural latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Comparing an overclocked 3300X pegged at 4425 MHz to a stock Intel Core i3-10100 running at 4100 MHz shows that the i3-10100 delivers better gaming performance in four out of five games. The 10100 also includes an iGPU with QuickSync hardware encoding. Since additional cores make little difference to gamers, there are no significant upgrades beyond the 3300X in the Ryzen product stack. In order to achieve better gaming performance, it is necessary to upgrade to a higher tier Intel CPU. Despite the barrage of anonymous hearsay pushed on social media, users will be hard pressed to find actual use cases that favor the 3300X over the i3-10100, especially when the 10100 is not handicapped by 2666 MHz RAM. Gamers are bottlenecked by the Ryzen architecture and desktop users need integrated graphics. [Jun '20 CPUPro]

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This CPU is incredibly well-placed for a refresh. The i9 14900k(640 euros) offers similar performance to the i9 13900KS(800 Euros) while being available for much less money. The new gen motherboards are also much better. So if you were thinking about getting the 13th gen i9 then the 14th gen is a no-brainer since it offers flawless performance for both gaming and productivity tasks. This is especially true since AMD's "equivalent" 7950x3d is haunted by software bugs and "features" such as needing to have Xbox game bar open 24/7 and having their motherboards overvolt and kill the CPUs. [Oct '23 MrNukes]

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